This photo which I found in an antique store in Estonia, ties into some of the previous photographs I’ve blogged about this year. The man sitting in this photo was Johannes Einbaum, the husband of Therese Lucine Einbaum née Saapar, who was the sister of Amelia Annimäe née Saapar  and Johannes Saapar , and the niece of August Saapar  (click on the names to read my blogposts about them).    In fact, I find Johannes Einbaum in Amelie’s wedding photo from 1929, together with his wife Therese: I love to see the strangers in my found photos in different phases and ages in their lives. Johannes Einbaum (also Eenbom) was born on December 19th, 1890, in Paatna, Rakvere County. The two photos were taken perhaps some 10-15 years apart. I suppose he was in his early 20s in the photo with his friend, and almost 39 years old in the wedding photo of his sister-in-law.   I believe Johannes was a barber/hairdresser by profession . He seemed to have been passionate about his profession, his name keeps popping up in connection with representative associations for barbers and hairdressers in the 1920s and 1930s.  He married Therese née Saapar in November 1923 in Rakvere.  I’m a little confused about Johannes' children. According to the profile set up for his wife Therese on Geni.com ,  she had two children Ruth Urbas née Einbaum  (1931-2013)  and T õ nis Einbaum, probably named after the child’s paternal grandfather T õ nis Einbaum. They have been added to Johannes' Geni family tree as his stepchildren. There is also a picture of the family on Geni.com :  Johannes passed away on November 12th, 1958, and 35 years later, Therese was buried next to him at the Rakvere City Cemetery.     Johannes had three brothers: Jaan, Gustav and Aleksander, and two sisters: Liisa Ude née Einbaum, and Julie Pauliine Einbaum. One of the women in this photo was Julie “Juuli” Pauliine, but I don’t know which one: Unfortunately, I also have no clue as to who the other man in Johannes’ photo was:

I found this photo in an antique store in Estonia. On the back of the photo it says in Estonian: Johannes Saapar (my uncle) .  Johannes Saapar is the older brother of Amelie Annimäe née Saapar  and the nephew of August Saapar  (click on the names to read my blogposts about them).  As a matter of fact, Johannes can be found in the wedding photo of her sister Amelie. I believe he and his wife Helmi were the bestman and maid of honour at Amelie's wedding:  Johannes Saapar was born on October 1st, 1899, in Kihlevere, Estonia, as the only son of farmer Jüri Saapar and Katta Kristiine née Klaasberg. He had three sisters: Amelia, Therese Lucine and Milde. I don’t know what Johannes did for a living. He might have been a farmer, like his father. He married Helmi Renata née Titwei on May 28th, 1928. The couple had two children: Silva Pruer née Saapar  (1929-2021) and Ants Saapar (1935-1991). They both seemed to have had children of their own, so I’m hoping to make contact with their families and return the photo.  I found one more photo of Johannes Saapar on Geni.com : As well as one with his wife Helmi: I wish I knew who the other young man in the photo was. So far I have found zero clues:

UPDATED! This photo has been returned to relatives in Estonia! I found this photo in an antique store in Estonia together with a bunch of other labelled photos which turns out were all related. August Saapar gifted this photo of him to his niece Therese in 1929. As if August knew that one day almost a century later we’d be looking for him in the paper trail of records, he also recorded his birth date (December 20, 1879) to make our “detective job” easier . Later on, someone added “Leida Saapar’s father” to the caption. So who was August? Perhaps you read my blogpost from May 22nd and noticed the familiar surname Saapar already? August Saapar was the uncle of Amelie Annimäe née Saapar , so these two photos are connected with the same family! August Saapar was born on December 20, 1879 to parents Hans Saapar and Leen Hinno in Kihlevere, Estonia. Therese was his step-brother Jüri Saapar’s daughter, born in 1896. August was a farmer. His father Hans, also a farmer, used to hold religious sermons in the local schoolhouse on the weekends. Growing up, religion (Lutheran protestant) played an important role in August's young life. August and his wife Aline Louise lived in the Pällu farm in Kihlevere in 1919 . They had altogether five children: Elarfine, Woldemar, Erni, Leida and Agnes. Sadly, August passed away a year after this photo was taken, on May 14, 1930, at just 50 years of age. Unfortunately, I don’t know what caused his early death. I will add his photo to his Geni.com page and hope to make contact with his relatives.

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About this Blog Family memories are precious. The faces in old family photos tell us so many stories of laughter and joy, of hardships and tragedies. They teach us history and non-judgment. And every destiny is special, unique. On this blog, I bring my two passions - genealogy and collecting old photographs - together. In the process, I might save a family memory or two. That makes me happy. This blog is my hobby. I am not a professional genealogist, I don't offer my services commercially. I am not sponsored by any company or individual. All photos I blog about have been purchased by me online or at fleamarkets, or donated to me. I write this blog in English, but I am not a native speaker. I started this blog in 2018, and recently moved it from WordPress to the current platform on Wix. You can read my older blogposts under the category Blog Archives . Thank you for stopping by! ​ Sincerely yours, Grete This original photo was restored and colorised by @myretrophoto

My Archived Blogposts I had been writing this blog for several years before I had to move it to its current webpage. Here's a selection of my previously published blogposts that you can read in a pdf-format. For better orientation, I have catalogued them alphabetically according to surnames of the strangers I have blogged about in the past. ​ You can use the SEARCH function to search your relevant names in all my blogposts. Surname Title Region Remarks ALSLEBEN The Alslebens Germany BEILER Mary Beiler USA BENUB Brothers Rudolf and Hermann Benub Germany BEULE Karl & Ida Beule Germany BOWDEN, WINCKLER Grace Bowden Winckler USA BROWN Elmer E. Brown from Iowa USA BRUCKMEYER, MAAß Margarethe Bruckmeyer née Maass Germany Reunited with family BURLINGAME Judge Edwin Adolphys Burlingame USA Donated to Historical Society BUSHFIELD, CLOSE Lyda Bushfield Close USA COHN, COSSMANN Cousins Felix Cohn and Heinrich Cossmann Germany, USA Reunited with family CONNERS Siblings Grace and Robert Conners USA COSSMANN Julie Cossmann nee Cohn Germany Reunited with family CRANNELL, SELLECK Polly Crannell née Selleck USA EAGLER, MARKLEY Emma Eagler Markley from Irvona USA EBELING Lina, Trudi and Hermann Ebeling Germany EISENSTUCK Margret and Ursel Eisenstuck Germany ELLIS Sisters Leila, Gwendolyn and Irma Ellis USA ENO Leslie Dwight Eno USA Reunited with family ERBEN, RESCH, SCHROTH, WILSCH, LANGE, DIEDEL, TENSCHER, LEHMANN, STROMBE/STRAUBE The Brick Walls, 5: Erben, Resch, Schroth, Wilsch, Lange, Diedel, Tenscher, Lehmann, Strombe_Straube Germany ERHART, ARTMANN Walburga "Wally" Artmann née Erhart Germany FINGERLE Siblings Adolph and Louise Fingerle USA FOWLER, GREEN Julia Fowler née Green USA FRAUEN Sisters Katie and Tillie Frauen USA GATES, WATERMAN Laura Gates née Waterman USA GEBHARDT, BAUER Actors Konrad Gebhardt and Olla Bauer Germany GEIGER William Dodd Geiger from East Orange, NJ USA GOPPINGER, STORCK Sisters Lula and Elizabeth Goppinger USA GOSSMANN Frieda Gossmann née Hoffmann Germany GREIN, SCHNEIDER, WENZEL Families Grein, Schneider and Wenzel Germany HACKNER Sisters Henriette and Elisabeth Hackner Germany HARTT, FAY Elizabeth “Lizzy” Hartt née Fay USA HARTT, STODDARD Merena Stoddard née Hartt USA HENKE Emil Henke from Bischofsburg Germany, Poland HIGBIE, SMITH Evelyn May Higbie Smith USA HOHL Siblings Emma, Carrie and Walter Hohl USA HOWES, NICHOLS Siblings Barbara Nichols and Luther Howes USA HOYT, CLINE Hazel Cline née Hoyt USA HUBBARD, OTIS Helen K. Hubbard née Otis USA Reunited with family HUGEL, SCHNEIDER Georg Hugel and Paula née Schneider Germany HUNT John Legus Hunt Sr USA Reunited with family HÄUSLER Hermann und Clara Häusler from Schreiberhau Germany, Poland ILLING Horst Illing Germany KADENBACH Family Kadenbach photo album Germany Reunited with family KING Benjamin F. King USA, Canada KRAFT Wolfgang Kraft from Bayreuth Germany KRATSCHMANN, GOLDFRIEDRICH, GOTTHARDT, SCHÖNLINDE The Brick Walls, 7: Kratschmann, Goldfriedrich, Gotthardt, Schönlinde Germany, Czech KREMPE Hermann Krempe Germany KREVERT Heinrich Krevert Germany KÖNIG, WISKE, WIDKE, SCHLÄPFER, VOGEL The Brick Walls, 1: König, Wiske/Widke, Schläpfer, Vogel Germany LAIRD The Lairds from Calais USA Reunited with family LAMPMAN, RAYL Hattie Lampman Rayl USA LIIMAND Sisters Senta and Ilse Liimand Estonia Reunited with family LOY Frank Loy, Messia Loy USA MARKS Walter & Gertrude Marks Poland, Germany MAUL Herman & Anny Maul USA MAXAM The Maxam Sisters USA MERATH Family Merath Germany MOSEDER The Moseders from Munich Germany MÜGGE Amandus Mügge from Hamburg Germany Reunited with family MÜLLENBERG, HEROLD, BÖRNCHEN, WILHELM The Brick Walls, 4: Müllenberg, Herold, Börnchen, Wilhelm Germany NEUMANN Sisters Hedwig and Martha Neumann Germany, Poland NICHOLS Parker Nichols USA Reunited with family NOACK, OBST Families Obst and Noack from Leipzig Germany NORKUS Carl Julius Norkus Germany Reunited with family O'KEEFE, THOMPSON Dr. Michael W. O’Keefe and wife Persis USA, Ireland OCKERMAN, CRAWFORD Ina F. Ockerman née Crawford USA PICKLESIMER Flora Marion Allison Picklesimer USA Reunited with family PITTNER Waltraut and Else Pittner Germany POST PWF Special: William "Billy" Post from Fennville MI USA Blogpost for @Paperofthepast POTRECK, AHRENS, WAERNECKE, STUDENICKA, HÖCH The Brick Walls, 6: Potreck, Ahrens, Waernecke, Studenicka, Höch Germany, Poland PUTLITZ zu Erich zu Putlitz and Katharina (Käte) née von Kobbe Germany REDDEN, RADICI Dorothy Redden née Radici USA Reunited with family REITMEYER Senta and Esther Reitmeyer Germany, Australia RHODES, PHILLIPS Emily Rhodes Phillips USA RIEHEMANN Hermann Riehemann and Anna née Lauxtermann Germany RIPPETOE Miss Eleanor Blanche Rippetoe USA Reunited with family ROTHENBERG The Rothenbergs Germany, UK Reunited with family RUNNE Ernst August Runne Germany SANDEN Mrs. P. J. Sanden and son Hjalmar USA SANDERS The Sanders from Montpelier USA SAVIDGE Sailor Johnny Savidge UK SCHATTSCHNEIDER Reinhold Schattschneider Germany SCHIEL Samuel Schiel Romania Reunited with family SCHLEGEL Sisters Gretel and Frieda Schlegel Germany SCHUMACHER, FRANK Valentine's Greetings from Martha Frank to Luie Schumacher USA SCHUTT Heinrich & Martin Schutt Germany SCHWARZHAUPT Wilhelm Schwarzhaupt Germany SEIFERT Friedrich Johannes Seifert and wife Anne Germany SELLECK Eugene and Olinda Selleck USA SILD, KAMPUS Niina Kampus and Vladimir Sild Estonia SILIGMÜLLER Eugenie Siligmüller from Nürnberg Germany SMITH Erle Amariah Smith USA Reunited with family STANGLE, SCHMIDT, PERARD, MARX The Brick Walls, 2: Stangle, Schmidt, Perard, Marx Germany STONE Aden Stone USA STORCK, PIPER Lorena "Lo" Storck Piper USA SUTPHIN, ALFORD Eva Alford Sutphin USA SÖNNICHSEN Cornelius Sönnichsen Germany TROLLMANN Boxer Johann Trollmann Germany UNKNOWN Unidentified - Beverly from LA USA UNKNOWN Unidentified - Margot from Chemnitz Germany UNKNOWN Unidentified - I call them “Emma” and “Wilhelm” Germany UNKNOWN Unidentified - Jochi & Christel Germany VIERHUFF Wally, Karin and Gert Vierhuff Latvia, Germany, USA Reunited with family WAHLLÄNDER Valeska and Elfriede Wahlländer Germany WANK, SCHROEDER The children of Anna Wank née Schroeder USA WASHBURN, HENDRY Jean Peck Washburn and daughter Hester Spangler Hendry USA WEBER Dentist Paul Weber Germany WILKENS, SCHUTT, ERLER The Brick Walls, 3: Wilkens, Schutt, Erler Germany WULF, HEERING Marie Dorette Wulf née Heering Germany Reunited with family WUNSCH, SCHMIDT Family Wunsch Czech Bohemia Reunited with family WYATT, ABNEY Maxine Wyatt Abney USA Reunited with family